Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
Text link to video The video is produced by the Allen County Public Library’s Young Adults’ Services for its upcoming youth summer reading program. Besides showing the multi-cultural society that exists in their neighborhood, they also show the lighter side of library. Do check out the out-takes at the end of the video. Technorati Tags: […]
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Publishers are seriously re-thinking their audiobooks business as there is a recent fever about audiobooks, according to this article in the International Herald Tribune. Recently, an audiobook by Mignon Fogarty, who hosts a popular podcast Grammar Girl, climbed to the top of the US iTunes’ best-selling books list after an appearance on “The Opray Winfrey […]
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- File under otherA very insightful article on how libraries in the US are cataloguing and shelving ephemera and other self-published zines.(via LISNews) - Book Worms LurkGuess libraries in Singapore are not the only ones facing the problem of children being left unattended by parents in libraries as can be seen from this article in […]
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- Winner for Bollinger prize for comic fiction announcedPaul Torday, a 60 year old first-time novelist, has won the 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for his book Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (Call No.: English TOR). He will be presented with a bottle of champagne and 52 volumes of the Everyman Wodehouse edition. He would […]
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One man is trying to change the world via his mobile library on a bicycle around Japan. Kazuhiro Doi, 28 years old, is distributing books on the environment, civil disputes and other special issues on his custom-built bicycle with special book shelves. He has been doing it for the past 2 years having started out […]
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Ever wondered what Second Life was all about? Now you can take an online course on Second Life, a 3D virtual world. The course will teach you about avatars, Linden dollars (Second Life currency), and librarianship and how they relate to each other. The online course will begin on 25 May and it is offered […]
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It was reported on Wednesday’s New York Times that newspapers in the States are slowly eliminating book reviews sections. But the article does say that more and more book reviews are appearing on blogs such as Bookslut.com, The Elegant Variation, and MPOW’s High Browse Online. You can also read about what the book review industry […]
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Who’s that in between the shelves? It’s the Super Librarian!! Today (5 May), Super Librarian will be appearing in comic book stores across the state of New Jersey as part of the Free Comic Book Day. She will be fighting a villain called The Virus. Super Librarian (the comic book) is the first ever comic […]
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